The Amityville Horror, a horror movie based on the infamous real-life story, has become a franchise and an influence on modern horror greats (and not-so-greats). But it has left a strange legacy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The village of Amityville, New York, has a rich and robust history. But unless you’re an Amityville native, you probably only know ...

Question: When is a movie franchise not really a franchise? Answer: when it’s the “Amityville” franchise. Almost 50 years after the headline-grabbing DeFeo murders at 112 Ocean Ave. in Amityville, the ...

Have you ever wondered why there are so many different horror movies out there with the word "Amityville" in the title? Of course, they're all a callback to the original 1979 film, The Amityville ...

The famed “Amityville Horror” film has spawned at least 45 sequels. A look at why the Amityville name has endured in the horror genre. Share full article The first film, starring James Brolin and ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...